Question

Throwback question: Which earlier Georgia Studies concept best explains why W.E.B. Du Bois strongly opposed Jim Crow laws during the New South era?(1 point)
Responses

The idea of states’ rights from the Civil War
The idea of states’ rights from the Civil War

The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments guaranteeing citizenship and voting rights
The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments guaranteeing citizenship and voting rights

The Compromise of 1850 and sectional balance
The Compromise of 1850 and sectional balance

The economic goals of the New South movemen

Answer 1

The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments guaranteeing citizenship and voting rights.

Explanation: Du Bois opposed Jim Crow because those laws violated the 13th–15th Amendments' protections (citizenship, equal protection, and voting rights) and undermined the legal gains of Reconstruction.